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Mechanical Engineering
The aim of this course is to give high quality academic training
in mechanical engineering and to produce graduates with the
core skills, knowledge and attributes required to practise
as professional engineers. These required graduate skills/attributes
are transferable to a wide range of careers and include:
- ability to formulate and solve problems
- a creative approach to design and synthesis
- excellent oral and written communication skills
- ability to work effectively in teams
- appreciation of the environmental, social and business contexts
of Mechanical Engineering
- independent and self motivated approach
- understanding and commitment to lifelong learning
- in-depth technical competence in the Mechanical Engineering
discipline.
The normal period of study for the BE degree is 4 years (8 semesters)
full-time. The course also can be taken on a part-time basis subject
to timetabling restrictions over a period of six or more years.
Students are trained through a range of learning experiences that
include laboratory experiments, problem-based learning, computer
simulations, teamwork assignments, project work, industrial case
studies and site visits to industry.
Mechanical Engineering has the broadest scope of all the branches
of engineering and graduates in this field have the core skills
to adapt to other fields of engineering. It includes many exciting
fields such as advanced manufacturing, metal forming technology,
robotics, control of systems, computer aided design and manufacturing,
air conditioning, bio-mechanics, powder technology and bearing dynamics.
The degree covers a wide range of technical subjects including engineering
computing and instrumentation and workshop practice, mechanical
engineering design, control of machines and processes, process design
and analysis, manufacturing process analysis, manufacturing systems,
sustainable energy, transport and engine technologies, dynamics
of engineering systems, bulk solids handling technology, fluid power,
heat transfer and gas dynamics. Design innovation and project management
are important aspects of mechanical engineering. The highlight of
the course is the final year thesis, which requires each student
to complete a major engineering project in a field of their choice
or in research projects funded by government and/or industry.
Students can select electives from a number of specialist areas
in their final year including, Sustainable Energy and Engineering
Systems, Manufacturing Engineering, Applied Mechanics and Bulk Materials
Handling. The list of electives on offer in any one year varies
somewhat, depending on staff availability and other factors.
The course is fully recognised by the Institution of Engineers,
Australia, which is the professional accrediting body. The course
is recognised as meeting the examination requirements for admission
to graduate and corporate membership of the Institution.
The Professional Option subjects allow part-time students to count
their industrial experience towards their degree. Each of these
subjects is taken over a year of appropriate and approved full-time
industrial employment. Professional Option subjects may be counted
in lieu of electives up to a maximum of 3 and completion of one
or more gives a student an exemption in ENGG454 Professional Experience,
which involves at least 12 weeks of work in industry and must be
completed by full time students.
Students entering the University with a Mechanical Engineering Certificate
or Associate Diploma from the New South Wales Department of Technical
and Further Education (or an approved equivalent) are entitled to
exemptions as approved by the Director of Studies of Mechanical
Engineering.
All study programs are subject to approval by the Director of Studies.
In general, students must satisfy pre- and co-requisites and are
not permitted to enrol in subjects spanning more than two years
of the full-time course. In particular, a candidate who has not
satisfactorily completed all subjects in the first year of the prescribed
four year course will not be permitted to proceed to study third
year subjects; under exceptional circumstances approval to proceed
may be given by the Director of Studies.
All students must take particular note of the regulations regarding
Minimum Rate of Progress - refer to the University of Wollongong
Course Rules. Honours are awarded at the end of the course on the
basis of overall performance throughout the course.
Students should attend all classes including lectures, tutorials
and laboratory classes. The Director of Studies may refuse to certify
that students have satisfactorily completed a subject unless they
have attended at least 80 per cent of the classes scheduled.
THE FOLLOWING SUBJECTS MUST BE COMPLETED TO QUALIFY FOR THE MECHANICAL
ENGINEERING DEGREE.
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